Bucs waive Black, Carpenter to get to limit

Tampa Bay also released veteran defensive tackle John McCargo and placed long snapper Andrew Economos on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.

Carpenter made the Buccaneers' roster as a No. 3 quarterback behind starter Josh Freeman and backup Josh Johnson last preseason, but head coach Raheem Morris opted to keep just two signal-callers in advance of the team's September 11 opener against Detroit. Jonathan Crompton, who spent last season on the Patriots' practice squad, was also waived.

Black was a fifth-round pick by Tampa Bay in this past April's draft, but couldn't make an impression on the coaching staff mostly due to a high ankle sprain that sidelined him through most of camp.

Economos will miss at least the first six weeks of the regular season while recovering from a torn Achilles tendon he sustained in the offseason. McCargo, a failed former first-round selection of Buffalo, had been signed on August 20 as a practice body due to injuries at defensive tackle.